1 John 4:20

World English Bible (2000)

If a man says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn't love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 3:17 : 17 But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?
  • 1 John 4:12 : 12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.
  • 1 John 2:4 : 4 One who says, "I know him," and doesn't keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn't in him.
  • 1 John 2:9 : 9 He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now.
  • 1 John 2:11 : 11 But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn't know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
  • 1 John 1:6 : 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don't tell the truth.
  • 1 Pet 1:8 : 8 whom not having known you love; in whom, though now you don't see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory--

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    8 He who doesn't love doesn't know God, for God is love.

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    10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

    11 Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.

    12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

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    10 In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn't do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn't love his brother.

    11 For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;

    12 unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

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    14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn't love his brother remains in death.

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    16 By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

    17 But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?

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    10 He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.

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